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The Stage, Tel Aviv's premiere English-language performing arts organization, is now presenting its first ever production for young audiences, LUNA, by Ramon Esquivel. Enjoy this sweet, interactive performance fit for the whole family (especially for English-speaking children ages 6-12) through this weekend. The tale follows the moon, Luna, and her good friend Soledad. [...] A special performance that is endearing for all ages.

HAARETZ

The Stage, Tel Aviv’s English-language performing arts organization, presents its first-ever production for young audiences, “Luna,” next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at Beit Yad Labanim. Written by Ramon Esquivel, it recounts the tale of Luna the moon, played by Jeanette Edry, and her friend Soledad, the daughter of migrant farm workers, played by Tamara Raynor-Coté. The play “tells the story of that initial displacement, the struggle of finding who you are in a new place where you don’t know the language or the culture,and you are always playing catch up,” director Abraham Benson-Goldbergtold Haaretz. He said the play is for both parents and children. “It’s exciting to create an opportunity for a whole family to see a show together,” added the Seattle native. The rest of the cast includes Dana Yakoby, Yaniv Rozenblat, Ruby Welkovich and Tomer Shaw. For tickets, visithttps://www.thestagetlv.com/

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